Law Enforcement Workers Career

Vocational Programs for Law Enforcement Workers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
1,136K	$34.80	$72,370

The average annual wage of the occupations is $72,370 and $35 per hour. 16 vocational programs could be taken for the Law Enforcement Workers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 1,136,430 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Law Enforcement Workers is $11,912. The average length of the programs is 456 hours and the average completion time is 12.63 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Law Enforcement Workers Career

The following 16 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Law Enforcement Workers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Law Enforcement Workers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services	7	-	-	-	-
Signal/Geospatial Intelligence	2	-	-	-	-
Criminal Justice and Corrections	9	-	-	110 Hours	28.50 Months
Corrections	155	$9,945	$881	333 Hours	9.00 Months
Criminal Justice/Police Science	435	$5,892	$631	749 Hours	7.63 Months
Security and Loss Prevention Services	37	$19,900	-	36 Hours	9.00 Months
Juvenile Corrections	12	-	-	-	-
Law Enforcement Investigation and Interviewing	7	-	-	-	-
Critical Incident Response/Special Police Operations	1	-	-	-	-
Protective Services Operations	3	-	-	-	-
Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)	44	-	-	1,050 Hours	9.00 Months
Criminalistics and Criminal Science	11	-	-	-	-
Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism	32	-	-	-	-
Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation	13	-	-	-	-
Geospatial Intelligence	2	-	-	-	-
Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis	4	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Law Enforcement Workers

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services

Signal/Geospatial Intelligence

Criminal Justice and Corrections

110 Hours

28.50 Months

Corrections

155

$9,945

$881

333 Hours

9.00 Months

Criminal Justice/Police Science

435

$5,892

$631

749 Hours

7.63 Months

Security and Loss Prevention Services

$19,900

36 Hours

9.00 Months

Juvenile Corrections

Law Enforcement Investigation and Interviewing

Critical Incident Response/Special Police Operations

Protective Services Operations

Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)

1,050 Hours

9.00 Months

Criminalistics and Criminal Science

Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism

Financial Forensics and Fraud Investigation

Geospatial Intelligence

Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis

Schools offering voational programs for Law Enforcement Workers

The following 580 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Law Enforcement Workers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.